Healthy Community

04 Dec Indian Participation and Practices in Sport and Recreation

Posted at 15:31h in Healthy Community by Alison Pask

Alison Pask, ANA health promotion manager talks to Siona Fernandes from Auckland University of Technology about her master’s research. Immigration has led to the Indian population becoming the most rapidly growing ethnic minority community in New Zealand. Indians have a strong cultural history and this is...

04 Dec ANA’s Guide to Practical Christmas Gifts for Less than $20

Posted at 12:08h in Healthy Community by Alison Pask

Alison Pask has put together this basic guide to help you find healthy and affordable Christmas gifts . Create your own homemade voucher by giving the gift of time. This could be for: babysitting gardening lawn mowing washing the car mending doing the groceries A homemade ...

06 Nov Public Health Association widely misrepresented on Ronald McDonald House Charities

Posted at 15:55h in Healthy Community by Alison Pask

“The Public Health Association strongly supports facilities for families of children in hospital with serious conditions receiving publicly funded health care. Our criticism is of the undesirable marketing of the fast food industry arising from the naming rights held by the McDonald’s brand”, says Warren...

03 Nov Local Choice at FreshChoice Supermarkets – five meals for a family of six for $50

Posted at 09:20h in Healthy Community by Alison Pask

All FreshChoice supermarkets in West Auckland have changed their aisles to make shopping for healthy food easier and they also provide recipe ideas for large families cooking on a budget. Each week at FreshChoice in Ranui and Glen Eden, a new recipe book appears in the...

29 Sep Faith Led Pacific Wellness Programme Wainuiomata

Posted at 08:46h in Healthy Community by Alison Pask

Perise Iupeli’s enthusiasm is catching, she’s lively, energetic and at the time of sharing this story was working for Pacific Health Service Hutt Valley (PHSHV), where she was involved in the creation of Wainuiomata’s Faith Led Wellness programme. As she speaks, passion shines through her voice...

24 Aug Physical Activity with a Cultural Twist at a Cook Islands Early Childhood Centre

Posted at 15:56h in Healthy Community by Alison Pask

For the first time since Nor Western Cook Islands Early Childhood Centre in Ranui opened, children are learning new ways to be active and revitalising their culture at the same time. West Auckland’s only Cook Islands centre has been making connections with the Cook Islands language...

18 Aug Retailers Band Together in Bell Block to Stop Selling Sugary Drinks to Students Before School

Posted at 14:53h in Healthy Community by Alison Pask

Taranaki District Health Board (TDHB) Health Promoter, Jill Nicholls, has been working with schools and dairies in Bell Block to reduce the sugar consumption of Taranaki kids. ‘We are very excited to be the first in New Zealand to take this approach within our community...

15 Aug Hutt Real Food Challenge

Posted at 14:28h in Healthy Community by Alison Pask

A case study from the ANA June 2017 Newsletter....

15 Aug Pūmau Tonu te Mauri, Living as Māori, now and in the future

Posted at 09:07h in Healthy Community by Alison Pask

In this paper, Pūmau Tonu te Mauri, Living as Māori, now and in the future Sir Mason reminds us of the challenge to adopt and support policies and programmes that foster a secure cultural identity so that Māori might live well as Māori. Sir Mason Durie KNZM FRSNZ...

14 Aug Breastfeeding Friendly Pharmacies

Posted at 16:06h in Healthy Community by Alison Pask

The health promotion team at WellSouth has been working on a Breastfeeding Friendly Pharmacy project, a settings based approach to cultivating pharmacies as a community environment supportive of breastfeeding. This is a case study from the ANA June 2017 Newsletter....